bootcamp1c

SAI Administrators Technology Boot Camp 1c

November 30-December 1, 2009

SHORTCUTS (Alpha Order)

• Blogs
  
• Firefox
• Google
• Jing: Screen Capture
• Photo
• Social Bookmark
• Skype
• Tab Browser Shortcuts
• Twitter
• URL Shortener
• Video
• Wikispaces
• Things to Check Out Later!!!

Google

Google (search)

• Google Help in Comics
• Google Help Center
• Google Account
• Google Account Video Tutorials
• Google Account Help

Google Docs (collaborative document editing)

• Video - Google Docs in plain English
• Google Docs Video Tutorials
• Getting started with DOCS
• Collaborating with Google Docs
• Docs for Educators (EXAMPLE)
• Google Docs Help

Google Reader (RSS) (bring the Web to you!)

• Video - RSS in Plain English
• CASTLE Great Blogs for Busy Administrators
• Moving Forward Administrator Blogs
• Moving Forward Subject-Specific Blogs
• Technorati
• Google Blog Search
• Google Reader Video Tutorials
• Google Reader Help

Google Calendar (collaborative calendar)

• Google Calendar Help
• Import/Export Calendar Help
• How to sync Outlook to Google Calendar
• Smart Phones & Other Mobile Syncing Devices
  • Google Calendar to your Mobile Phone
  • Calendars & Contacts Sync on 2.2X and 3.0 iTouch and iPhone
  • How to 3-Way Sync the iPhone, iCal and Google Calendar

iGoogle (personalized home page)
Gmail

• Gmail Help
• Moving email from another account TO gmail
• Adding a custom "FROM" address
• Gmail Mail Fetcher(Gmail's Mail Fetcher can download messages from up to five other email accounts, centralizing all your email in Gmail)
  • Gmail Setup
  • Troubleshooting Mail Fetcher

Blogs

Video - Blogs in Plain English
Blogger

• Blogger Video Tutorials
• Blogger Help
• How to control who can view the blog (permissions)
• Create a team blog
• How to moderate comments
• How to post (embed) a video in Blogger
• How do I make a link (hyperlink) to another page
• How can I do "more" with hyperlinks (e.g., open in new window, email)
• How do I automatically email a post after I've written it?
• Example: A Day at Brooks
• Example: Did You Know 4.0 video

Moving Forward

• Blogs
• Blogs by Discipline

Twitter

Twitter (Scott, Jamie, Laura, Nick, SAI)

• Video - Twitter in Plain English
• Twitter Video Tutorial
• Twitter Help Portal
• Twitter Search
• Public vs. Private: Protect your Twitter
• RSS Feeds in Twitter - it can go to your Google Reader

Twitter Lists

• Twitter.com/mcleod

Twitlet
TwitPic

• TwitPic FAQ

FAQ

• 7 Things You Should Know About Twitter (PDF)
• 25 ways to teach with Twitter
• Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter
• Why Twitter is useful

Twitter Visualizations

• Twittervision
• Twistori

URL shortener

bit.ly

• bit.ly FAQ

Voice over IP (VOIP) / Internet telephone / Videconferencing

Skype

• Skype Video Tutorial
• Skype Help
• Deleting an account (solution one) (solution two)
• Setting Up Conference Call Help
• Adding Contacts Help
• Profile Public vs. Private
• Skype Example - Brian Crosby

Oovoo

• Oovoo Help

Digital photography

Video - Online Photo Sharing in Plain English
Flickr

• Flickr Video Tutorial
• Flickr FAQ
• Flickr Help
• Flickr Scott McLeod
• Flickr Creative Commons
• How to Private vs. Public
• Number of Photos
• Free Account vs. Pro Account (Upgraded & cost)
• Bottle Top tripod

Screen capture

Jing

• Jing Help

Online video

Animoto

• Animoto Video Tutorial
• Animoto Help & FAQ
• Animoto for Education
• Animoto Scott McLeod 1
• Animoto Scott McLeod 2

YouTube

• YouTube Video Tutorials
• Logging into YouTube with Google
• YouTube Help
• Did You Know? 2.0

YouTube Quick Capture

• YouTube Quick Capture Help
• Roger Wilcox!

Screencast

Other stuff

• Contact Scott McLeod , Jamie Fath , Nick Sauers, or Laura Bestler (Laura's Skype Address: laura.bestler)
• School technology leadership courses at ISU
• Upcoming Educational Administration cohorts at ISU
• Fall online Educational Administration courses at ISU
• Upcoming SAI events
• 

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Things to check out later

• Online Stopwatch
• VoiceThread
• Poll Everywhere
• Survey Monkey
• Online Surveys Using Google Docs
• Doodle

Browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari) stuff:

How to do tabs in my browser window:

• All of the browsers listed below will utilize CTRL + T (Windows systems) or COMMAND + T (APPLE/MACINTOSH) to open a new tab:
  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Safari

Firefox

• How to install
• Help for Firefox

SHORTCUTS

• Google
• Blogs
• Twitter
• URL Shortener
• Skype
• Photo
• Screen Capture
• Video
• Wikispaces
• Social Bookmark
• Things to Check Out Later!!!
• Browser Shortcuts & Firefox

Random, on-the-fly stuff

• Hey! What's your info?
• How to get to Hickory Park
• Monday afternoon survey results
• Ice Cream!

• Tuesday afternoon survey

Tuesday morning review activity

1. In a blog post... link to this web site AND embed this picture AND embed this video .
2. In Google Reader, subscribe to these: EdJurist and The School Law Blog